> Craig wrote:
>> me too. even aside from the seriousness of what he's doing, creating
>> enemies for Australia that we simply don't need to have, it's
>> embarrassing to have an arse-licker for a Prime Minister.
On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 02:33:24PM +1100, Bill D'Arcy wrote:
> It may, of course, be Howard indulging in self-preservation. The last
> Australian PM to strike a discordant note in the White House lasted eight
> months.
It's worth noting that that was also the last time that the US ambassador
in Australia was a State Department professional diplomat. The usual deal
is that each new administration rewards some big donor with a few pleasant
years in Canberra...
The current guy doesn't seem to have much of an appreciation of diplomacy.